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South African Class 32-200
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Electric· from 1966· class of 10 South African diesel-locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 32-200 32-202: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 32-000 32-047: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 32-200 32-205: User:John Batwell· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 32-200 of 1966 was a diesel-electric locomotive. In June and July 1966, the South African Railways placed ten Class 32-200 General Electric type U20C1 diesel-electric locomotives with a 1Co+Co1 wheel arrangement in service in South West Africa.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966
- in service from
- 1966
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Electric
- designer
- General Electric
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, TransNamib, Sheltam, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (1′Co)+(Co1′)
- weight
- 96.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565504, Wikipedia: South African Class 32-200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.